Attachment for phonographs.



No. 798,816. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905. P. A. MILETTE. ATTACHMENT FUR PHONOGRAPHS.

nruoumu FILED NOV. 22, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FELIX A. MILETTE, OF LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TO GEORGE A. COLLINS, OF LAOONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

ATTACHMENT FOR PHONOGRAPHS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1805.

Application filed November 22, 1904. Serial No. 233,876.

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Be it known that I, FELIX A. MILETTE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Laco nia, in the county of Belknap and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Attachment for Phonographs, of which the following is a specification.

This is a device or attachment adapted to be applied to phonographs or similar machines for producing sound.

The invention has for its object to provide an attachment whereby the operating mechanism of the phonograph will be stopped when the reproducer reaches the end of the record, or, in other words, at the end of the tune, speech, or piece reproduced by the phonograph.

Much annoyance has been experienced, especially in establishments where many phonographs are exhibited, by reason of the fact that the phonograph may reach the end of the tune or speech when the attendant is at a distance, and hence cannot stop it, especially as the sounds produced at the end of the tune or speech are exceedingly unpleasant. By means of my attachment the phonograph will stop automatically at the end of the tune without requiring to be touched by any one.

The nature of the invention is fully described below and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure I is a front elevation of a phonograph with my attachment applied thereto, portions of the front wall and top of the case and of the base-plate being broken out. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a suflicient portion of the mechanism to illustrate my invention in position, the case having been removed and a portion of the base-plate being broken out. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of a phonograph with my invention applied thereto. Fig. i is an enlarged plan and horizontal section in detail of my invention in position on the base-plate, portions being shown of some of the adjacent parts of the phonograph. Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 4. In Figs. 1, 3, at, and 5 the parts are in the position assumed when the brake is off and the phonograph is in opera tion. In Fig. 2 the parts are in the position assumed when the brake is set against the brake-wheel and the operating mechanism of the phonograph stopped.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a represents the box or case containing the actuating mechanism of a phonograph, said mechanism being constructed substantially as usual. Z) is the ordinary base-plate supported by the case and supporting, by means of a suitable frame 0, the record-cylinder (l. v represents the arm supporting the reprmlueerfand traveling on the rod said reproduccr resting on the track it. All these parts are con structed and operate as usual.

A base or block a is seen red by a set-screw for other suitable means to the forwardlyextending vertical end b of the track [0, and said base supports a vertical post or standard Zr, which has integral with it or mounted on its upper end the hollow head or circular box I, provided on its outer side with the horizontal hole In, Figs. 4 and Supported by and having its bearings in said box is a stud 11, provided with the annular groove aand within this groove with a substantially radial notch or recess 2. Rigid on or integral with this stud is the downwardly-extending arm 1 pivotally connected at its outer end with one end of a link r, the opposite end of said link being pivotally connected with a clamp consisting of two members s and t, the member A being directly connected with the link r and the member 2 being connected by a spring a with the base or block 11. (llamped between the two members x and 2 by means of the bolt v and nut "1/1, said bolt extending through the members, is the upper end of the brake-lever w. This brake-lever is pivoted at to a bracket or hanger 2. extending down from a stationary portion of the frame 1 of the machine. The brake-lever is provided with the ordinary brake-shoe 2, which when itis pressed against the disk or brake-wheel 8 stops the actuating mechanism in the ordinary and well-known manner. It will be understood that the brakelever 41', brake-shoe 2, and brake-wheel 3 are not novel in this invention. 6 represents a horizontally-disposed U-shaped rod provided with the parallel arms or members 7 and 8 of unequal length. The member 7 extends into the hole m in the box I and is provided at its end with a horizontal locking-pin 9, adapted to enter the notch p. The member 8 extends through a horizontal hole in the solid portion of the box, and a spiral spring 10 is disposed around said member between the box and the pin 11. 1

The common practice at present is to start the machine by swinging the upper end of the brake-lever 00 toward the left by hand, thus releasing the brake-wheel, as in Fig. 1, and when the reproducer reaches the righthand end of the record on the cylinder and the operator begins to hear the unpleasant sounds which are produced by the machine at the end of a tune he grasps the brake-lever and swings its upper end toward the right, stopping the machine. Of course if he is at a distance from the phonograph, or engaged, the sounds continue until the reproducer reaches the end of the cylinder. By means of my attachment the brake-lever is locked ing been drawn toward the left end of the cylinder, as it moves toward the right it continues to travel until it reaches the right edge or end ofthe record on the cylinder,when the projection 12 strikes the end of the member 8 of the bent rod 6, pushesit against the power of the spring 10, and withdraws the pin 9 on the end of the member 7 from the notch p. This releases the stud n and allows the spring a to pull the clamp s zftoward the right, with the effect that the brake-lever (I; is set against the brake-wheel by the power of the spring a, as indicated in Fig. 2, while the link 0 swings the outer end of the arm q toward the right and rotates the notched portion 1) of the stud n upward away from the pin 9. (See Fig. 2.) Thus the tune is stopped as soon as the reproducer reaches the right end or edge of the record, that being the moment when the member 8 of the bent rod 6 is struck. To release the brake-lever for the purpose of allowing the machine to repeat the tune, it is swung toward the left by the operator pulling the lower end of the arm 9 in the same direction and rotating the studn until its notch 19 is opposite the locking pin 9, when said pin is drawn into the notch by the spring 10 and the brake thus locked in an open position, the parts being in the position illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4:, and 5.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. The herein -described improved attachment for phonographs and analogous machines, comprising a stud or shaft and means for supporting the same; a locking-rod normally in engagement with and locking said stud, said rod being in the path of the reproducer; mechanism rigidly secured to the brakelever; and mechanism intermediate of the brake-lever and the stud, whereby the disengagement of the locking-rod from the stud causes the brake-lever to swing and set the brake, stopping the machine, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described improved attachment for phonographs and analogous machines, comprising the stud n provided with the notch 19; a supporting-post in which said stud has its bearings; the bent rod 6, 7, 8, the member 8 thereof extending into the path of the reproclucer, and the member 7 extending normally into the notch on said stud; mechanism connecting the stud and the brake-lever; and a spring intermediate of the brakelever and the-stationary support for the stud,

whereby as the bent rod yields to the reproducer, the stud is unlocked and rotated and the lever is swung toward the stud, thus setting the brake, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The herein-described improved attachment for phonographs and analogous machines, comprising the standard k; the hollow head or box Z provided with the hole on; the stud n in said box, said stud being formed with the annular groove 0 and the notchp in said groove; the arm g rigid with said stud; a clamp adapted to be secured to the upper end of the brake lever; mechanism connecting said arm and clamp; a spring connecting the clamp with the standard; and the U-shaped rod 6 provided with the arms or member 7 and 8, the member 7 being provided with a pin 9 which is held normally in engagement with the notch on the stud by a suitable spring, and the member 8 being supported and located in the path of the reproducer, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FELIX A. MILETTE.

Witnesses:

EARL L. SARGENT, GEORGE H. SMITH. 

